Card-canceling machine



(No Model.)

A. LOW. CARD GANUELING MACHINE.

No. 591,630. Patented Oct. 12.1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOXV; OF BROOKLYN, NElV YORK.

CARD-CANCELING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,630, dated October 12, 1897.

Application filed May 9, 1896. Serial No. 590,811. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card-Canceling Machines, of which the following is a speci fication suflicient to enable others skilled in the art to which the invention appertains to make and use the same.

My improvements relate to the form of cardcanceli'ng machine set forth in Letters Patent No. 517,051, issued to me March 27, 189i, and in my concurrent application filed April 13, 1896, Serial No. 587,267, in which latter provision is made for the use of an automatic counting device which is thrown in or out of action by the adjustment of a pusher on the hand-lever by which the punch is operated.

The object of my present invention is the provision of means whereby the ordinary counting device operated by hand may be employed in connection with my card-canceling machine; and the invention consists in a receptacle upon the standard or other stationary part of the machine adapted to receive the counting device and hold it in proper relation to the punch-lever, said receptacle being formed with a retaining-cover of peculiar construction, whereby the counting device may be turned into or out of position for engagement with the punch-lever without removing said cover or the counting device, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my card-canceling machine provided with holder or counting device; Fig. 2, an elevation of the holder with counting device and cover in place; Fig. 3, a similar View with cover removed; Fig. 4, a top view of holder and counting device; Fig. 5, a horizontal section of holder and cover on plane of line 5 5, Fig. 2; Fig. 6, an elevation of inner side of cover; Fig. 7, a side elevation of the counting device; Fig. 8, a front elevation of the same.

13 is the supporting bed or frame, formed with the overhanging standard S, within the vertical portion S of which the upper end of the punch P is mounted. The punch Pis of any ordinary construction or arrangement of parts, or it may be replaced with a stamping or marking device. The punch P is pressed down against the resistance of a coiled spring by an eccentric lever L of any ordinary or well-known construction.

Upon the standard S is formed or secured the holder H, in which the counting device 0 is placed. This counter O is of the kind usually employed in counting by hand, consisting of a short cylindrical barrel or casing c, from the periphery of which projects the press-lever c, the depression of which operates the counting mechanism within. The counter has also externally a finger-ring R, hinged to one of its sides, as well as the projecting knobs K K, by which the counting mechanism in the interior may be set back, the opposite side of the case being formed with the sight or window W, through which the numerals indicating the count may be observed.

The compartment h in the holder H is preferably of cylindrical form to correspond with and receive the counter 0. Its upper side is formed with the slot h, through which the press-lever c of the counter projects. This slot is elongated sufiiciently to allow the coun 'ter to be turned within the holder to bring the press-lever 0 either into or out of engagement with the lever L when the latter is depressed.

One side of the compartment h in the holder is closed by a detachable cover D, the other side being permanently closed by the wall 72/2 with the exception of the opening 7?, through which the window WV of the counter 0 projects or may be seen.

Parallel slots cl cl extend inward from the edge of the cover D and admit of the projection of the handle-ring R, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

The cover D is held in position on the barrel of the holder H by a thumb-screw T on one side and a headed pin N on the other. The thumb-screw T passes through a concentric slot d and the pin N enters a like concentric slot d through a transverse opening (1 The inner side of the cover is formed with an annular collar or flange d which serves to centralize and hold the cover in place and upon which it turns during the adjustment of the position of the counter.

To insert the counter C, the thumb-screw T is withdrawn and the cover D removed. The counter C is then placed within the compartment h, with its window 7 projecting through the opening 712" and with its handle R projecting outward at right angles. The cover is then returned to position, the slots d d receiving the adjoining portions of the handle rin g R, the pin N entering the concentric slot (1 through the opening (1' and the thumb -screw T being passed through the slot (1 and into engagement with the female screw-thread 7i".

If it be desired to bring the counter into use, the thumb-screw T is first loosened and the counter O and cover D are moved, through the medium of the handle R, so as to bring the push-lever 0 under the action of the lever L, this being the position shown in solid lines in the drawings. The thumb-screw is then tightened, securing the cover D and counter O in this position, when, at each depression of the lever L, the pusher-lever 0 will be de pressed to operate the counting mechanism. If it is desired to dispense with the use of the counter C temporarily, the thumb-screw T is again loosened and the cover and counter, by means of a handle R, are swung over until the push-lever is beyond the reach of the hand-lever, the thumb-screw being again tightened to hold the parts in this position.

By my invention 1 am enabled to employa counting device in conjunction with my ticket-punch, which counting device, when not in use upon the punch, is available for use for other purposes, the application and removal of the counter to the punch and its adjustment thereon being effected by simple and convenient means.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination of a card-canceling machine, a holder for a counting device formed integral with the frame of the canceling-machine, a counting device resting loosely in said rigid holder, and a cover for said holder engaging with said counting device and secured adj ust-a-bly upon the holder for the purpose of regulating the position of the count ing device, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the punching mechanism with the lever L, the receptacle II, the counter C, and push-lever c, the cover 1), formed with the slots (Z, d, (Z (Z and d, the handle R of the counter, the pin N, and the thumb-screw T, the whole arranged and opcrating substantially in the manner and [or the purpose described.

3. The combination of the punching mechanism, the lever L, holder ll, formed with the opening M, the counter O, with its push-lever c, the cover D, formed with the annular flange (Z and slots at, d, (P, d, the pin N, and the thumb-screw T, the whole arrangml and operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

AUBOT AUGUS' US LOW.

Witnesses:

GEORGE WILLIAM Mm'r'r, D. W. GARDNER. 

